Call for Papers

CFP: Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD)

University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, 29-30 June, 2006

Thirty years have passed since research began at the University of East Anglia (UEA) into what would be inaugurated as Critical Linguistics with the publication of Language and Control in 1979. UEA has since remained at the forefront of critically applied linguistic research.

In continuation of this tradition, the School of Language, Linguistics and Translation Studies (LLT) invites abstracts to be considered for a conference designed to assess the state of the art and offer new directions for interdisciplinary critical discourse research. The conference is organized in cooperation with the Centre for Applied Research in Education (CARE) and the Centre for Staff and Educational Development (CSED). It also marks the inauguration of UEA's new Research Center for Language and Communication.

Whilst it is CDA that has claimed the most attention, papers dealing with any critical approaches to discourse analysis are invited across a variety of disciplines.

Interdisciplinarity as a central theme for the conference can be interpreted in two ways. First, we are interested in critical approaches to discourse analysis as applied within disciplines including all humanities and sciences but also applied and professional areas such as medicine, environmental studies, engineering, social policy, education, law, etc. Second, the methodological foundations of critical discourse analysis historically lie with linguistics (from transformational to systemic functional grammar) and ethnography. However, recently critical approaches to discourse analysis have benefited from a wider range of methodologies. We therefore also welcome and encourage papers reflecting the theoretical advances in linguistics, psychology and cognitive science amongst other disciplines which offer the opportunity for critically applied discourse research to expand its methodological arsenal.

To further underscore CADAAD's theme, the invited plenary speakers each represent a different approach to interdisciplinarity and innovation in (critical) discourse analysis.

• Professor Gunther Kress
• Professor Christ'l de Landtsheer
• Professor Andreas Musolff
• Professor Louis de Saussure

The conference will experiment with a new form of online proceedings inviting post-conference interaction between presenters, participants and an external audience. From this process, selected presentations will be published in print form. CADAAD is pursuing publication opportunities with the John Benjamins series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture (DAPSAC) and the new Cambridge Scholars Press.

Abstracts of 300 words plus references should be submitted to discourse@uea.ac.uk by 25 February, 2006 in Word format (RTF or plain text are acceptable alternatives, use of PDF is discouraged). Speakers will be allocated 20 minutes talk-time with 10 minutes for questions. Abstracts for posters are also invited. Authors should include their name, affiliation, correspondence details and indicate whether they are submitting for a session paper or a poster presentation. Successful applicants will be notified by 31 March.

Registration is now closed.

Organised by Christopher Hart and Dominik Lukeš with Paul Chilton. All organisers can be contacted through the conference email on discourse@uea.ac.uk.

Book of Abstracts

To download the book of abstracts as a word file click here

Programme

To download a preliminary programme as word file click here

Important Dates

Postgraduate Bursaries

In the interests of diverse representation in truly international research, CADAAD has five £100 bursaries available to postgraduate students from the following regions:

Africa

Asia

South America

Eastern Europe

To qualify you must have had an abstract accepted for paper presentation at CADAAD and you must be able to prove your academic affiliation and status. If you fit these criteria and would like to be considered, please email discourse@uea.ac.uk by 30 April, indicating the value to your academic career of attending this conference (150 words).

Bursaries will be awarded based on this application together with the grade given to your abstract by our advisory board. Please include your name, nationality and affiliation as well as the title of your accepted abstract.

Organizing committee

Chief organizers:

• Christopher Hart (University of East Anglia)
• Dominik Lukeš (University of East Anglia)

Administrative coordinator:

• Sarah Payne (CSED, UEA)

Advisory Board

• Paul Chilton (University of East Anglia)
• Gabriella Rundblad (Kings College London)
• Christina Schaffner (Aston University)
• Rob Walker (University of East Anglia)

Plenary Speakers

The confirmed plenary speakers represent CADAAD's comittment to interdisciplinarity in critically applied discourse analysis:

• Professor Gunther Kress
• Professor Christ'l De Landtsheer
• Professor Andreas Musolff
• Professor Louis de Saussure

Professor Robert de Beaugrande offers a virtual plenary entitled 'Critical Discourse Analysis: history, ideology, methodology'. To download click here

Conference Dinner

A conference dinner is to be held in the newly reconstructed Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts on Thursday 29 June.

Advance registration and payment of £30 is required in line with the deadline for conference registration. Delegates wishing to enjoy this three course meal and exhibition tour should indicate so on the registration form.

All dietry requirements can be catered for but must be noted in advance (including vegetarian) in the Notes/Comments section of the registration form.

Menu

Baby red chard and ricolla with bocconcini mozerella, garlic and coriander croutons with a sweet chilli dressing served with foccacia bread

Pan fried fillet of bream served on saute baby leaf spinach and sweet potato garnished with a red pepper sauce

Or (vegetarian option):

Vegetable terrine with apricots and coriander cous cous

Rhubarb and vanilla custard tart served with stem ginger ice cream

Arrival Details

Campus accommodation

Delegates arriving before 21:00 should check-in at the accommodation and conference office located in the street (C11).

Check-in is from 14:00 but luggage can be left prior to this time. The reception desk is open from 08:00.

Delegates arriving after 21:00 should collect their keys from the security lodge (V2).

The conference

The conference is to be held in Arts Building I. Access is via the School of Language, Linguistics and Translation Studies (A1).

Registration period with welcome coffee begins at 08:30.

Campus map

For a campus map click here